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Look who's talking?!

Twitter celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and it has rapidly become part of our everyday language; hashtags are everywhere, from the menu at your local restaurant to the evening news. But - exactly how has Twitter impacted our culture and the...

Catalogue: Global Qualitative 2016: The Business Value of Intelligent Stories

Authors: Sara Picazo Lutton, Cecily Long

Companies: Flamingo, Twitter

November 16, 2016

The bilingual brain

Hispanic bilingual Millennials (Billennials) are an increasingly important consumer group. Defined by their ability to speak both English and Spanish, it is critical to understand the impact of language on advertising in order to optimize messaging...

Catalogue: Latin America 2015: Carnival of Insights

Authors: Manuel Garcia, Roberto Ruiz, Esther Franklin

Company: Nielsen

June 15, 2015

I speak therefore I am?

Meet Zhang Wei, 44 year old Aussie accountant; Li Wei, 64 year old bookbinder from Singapore and Li Qiang, 24 year old graphic designer from Vancouver. More disparate people you couldn't imagine. They have never met, never visited each other's...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2015: Asia Means Business

Author: Pete Cape

Company: Research Now SSI

June 15, 2015

Speaking the language of research

As globalisation continues and borders become blurred, clients and researchers alike are increasingly conducting cross-cultural studies to understand the similarities and differences that exist between us. But as the global economy is slow to...

Catalogue: Congress 2013: Think Big

Author: Nikki Lavoie

Company: Sky Consulting

September 26, 2013

Why we have to change the language of market research

Market research is caught in a historic language trap. Our perceived discourse is 'scientific' and 'rational', at a time when clients are looking for 'insight' and 'creativity'. We will not finally shed our image until we break our codes, change our...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 2002: Consolidation Or Renewal?

Authors: Monty Alexander, Virginia Valentine

September 22, 2002

Researching the global Latin world

This paper describes the variety of cultural differences present across the Spanish-speaking countries around the globe, derived from a ground- level qualitative research study encompassing fourteen Spanish- speaking countries, territories and...

Catalogue: Seminar 1997: From International To Cross-Cultural Marketing

Author: Hal Daume

November 1, 1997

Measuring the television habits of ethnic minorities

Canada is a country of immigrants, and official government policy encourages bilingualism (English and French) and multiculturalism. Television services are provided in French and English across the country; cable and traditional over-the-air...

Catalogue: ESORMAR/ARF Worldwide Electronic And Broadcast Audience Research 1994

Authors: Owen Charlebois, Jim Matsui, Ken Purdye

May 1, 1994

Expert or consumer language? Why not both?

We use language to describe and communicate our impressions and feelings to other people. When a single language is spoken by a group of people, there is no problem in understanding. However, where there are 2 different languages, to get an...

Catalogue: Seminar 1993: Consumer Research In Fragrance Business

Author: Francisco Batalla

June 15, 1993

Box and cox

The Broadcasting Standards Council's remit is to examine and advise on issues of taste and decency in broadcasting. Each year, it focusses on a specific area and undertakes detailed research into it. In 1991 the issue was that of bad language:...

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: Media Research Meets The Future

Authors: Andrea Millwood Hargrave, Michael Svennevig

June 15, 1992